there was no ink left for the hyphen between RE and OPEN
Yesterday we had a most satisfying lunch at the Sawatdee Thai Restaurant which is authentically Thai except for the dinky-di waitress who didn't even know what "sawatdee" meant, let alone give us the customary "wai" greeting.
Instead, tattoos and boots and all, she unceremoniously dumped two menus on our table but then served us the most delicious garlic-pepper prawns we haven't had for such a long time that we swore we'll be back there again next week. On the way back to the car, we passed this little fashionable la-di-da boutique crammed full with stuff no-one needs and apostrophes everyone hates. The shop may be open from 10 am to 3 pm on "Tuesday's, Wednesday's, Friday's" but the only time I'd ever go in would be with a wet sponge to wipe off those redundant apostrophes.
Dont [sic] you just hate it when people cant [sic] seem to get the hang of the humble apostrophe? Every week I see literally 100's [sic] of examples of it's [sic] improper use. Signs' [sic], book's [sic] and even newspapers' [sic] have been known to get it wrong. Its [sic] not bloody rocket science! Use in the event of substituting a letter or letters (such as "can't" for "can not"), or in the possessive (except the possessive of "it"). Do not use for plural's [sic]. In the case of a possessive plural, the apostrophe goes after the s. Now write that out a hundred time's [sic].
Having been a paid-up member of the Apostrophe Protection Society for many years, I shoved a membership application form under their door.
P.S. ... and why is there such frequent misuse of the apostrophe? This cartoon may help to explain it:
